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Title: History of the manufacture of armor plate for the United States navy
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: American Iron and Steel Association, comp
Subjects: United States. Navy Armor-plate
Publisher: Philadelphia, American Iron and Steel Association
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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late and appurtenances for battle-ships Nos. 7, 8, and 9 at an averageprice of ^300 per ton of 2,240 pounds, free on board cars at our SouthChicago works, conditioned upon Congress awarding us a contract forthe entire wants of the United States Government for armor platefor a period of twenty years from this date, at an average price of$240 per ton of 2,240 pounds, the Government to agree that the totaltonnage of armor plate, ordered as above for the period of 20 years,shall not be less than 6,000 nor more than 12,000 tons iu any one year. Should we be unable to furnish said minimum or maximum quan-tity of armor plate in any one year we agree to pay as damages theSinn of $100 per ton for any such quantity as we may be in defaultof, the Government agreeing that, should it not require the minimumquantity in any one year, it will pay us §100 per ton as liquidateddamages for the difference between the amount ordered by it and theabove-named minimum. z I—I 00 >Htn > o n cI—I w O
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ARMOR PLATE FOR THE NAVY. 12 SECRETARY LONOs RECOMMENDATION. Secretary Long appeared before the Committee on Na-val Affairs of the United States Senate on May 19, 1897,and informed the committee that the Bethlehem IronCompany and the Carnegie Steel Company would makethe armor for the three battle-ships then building at$425 per ton, and recommended that this price be paid. ACT OF JULY 19, 1897, FURTHER LIMITING THE PRICE. The Committee on Appropriations of the United StatesSenate reported back the act making appropriations tosupply the deficiencies in the appropriations for the fis-cal year ending June 30, 1897, and for prior years, andfor other purposes, with a provision authorizing theSecretary of the Navy to contract for the armor forthese three battle-ships at an average price of $425 perton. This act, however, as passed by the Senate andHouse of Representatives, and approved July 19, 1897,provided under the head of armor plate: That the total cost of the armor accordmg to the weig

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